How to Use An External Drive as Your Boot Drive for Gaming | Inside Gaming with Seagate 

I bought a 1 TB external Hard drive awhile ago and this is the only video I found that clearly explained how to set it up.

For anyone that came across this well structured video just outdated with steam under the settings there’s a corresponding tab that says Contents it will allow you to do the same thing, but if not a little easier and simpler

Spent an hour trying to find a good video that explains all of this.. Perfect video. Thank you. Easy to follow, easy to understand, easy to execute. I appreciate the time and effort to put this out into the world.

This is the most informative video I have watched on youtube. No bs just straight to it and I love it.

I have this problem for years sound is loud and clear + video is very professional + easy to follow. Thanks man

Fast, informative, straight to the point. Thank you! nice video.

Wish I could afford this, but its good to know that this is an option once I finally can

Simple and right to the point. I really liked this video and there were all the side infos I needed. Thank you :D

Thank you for teaching me this. It makes life as a gamer less complicated. There's so much i didn't know and its great that there are people who take time out of their day to make these videos for people like myself.

This is just what I needed, I set it up pretty easy but couldn't use the storage it provided to me, this saved me so much stress thank you much apreciation

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This helped so much😭 I was looking at other videos that only said to just chang locations but I didn’t even know how to set up the location. This fr helped me a lot Appreciate it !!!

They really updated this on steam to make more accessible I would follow this videos guide just like I did and you’ll see what I mean if not I’m sure the steps are still right here!!!! Thanks a bunch

Thank you so much for this video this is what exactly I've been looking for!

Great video very fast and a lot of good information

You are a lifesaver for this video man. Thank you

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Very well put together video, bravo!

This was easy and I just got my first TB! Thank you so much!

Thank you , thank you, thank you my main man. I recently sold my PS five because I got a steam deck and I’m an Xbox fan who has the XS. There are only a handful of exclusives that I wanted to play on PlayStation that steam offer so it only made sense to me to use the steam platform to play those PlayStation games as well as PC games. I updated the ram in my laptop and quickly realized that the SSD inside my laptop was insufficient. I went and got a 5 TB HDD Drive for 119 bucks at Best Buy and utilizing the information that you gave in this very quick concise infotainment video. I am so happy to report. I now have tons of room for all the games that I want to put on my laptop and take with me anywhere I go. Thank you so much please continue with great videos like this.

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Thanks, that worked just like you stated!!!!

This was really helpful I appreciate it.

THX SO MUCH this was explained very well. You sir, earned another subscriber!

Very helpful video, keep up the good work

Bro thank you so much I really appreciate it I been looking for a video that was pretty simple

Dude this is the best v8deo i ve seen

GOSH THANK YOU SOOOO MUCCHHH YOURE THE ONLY PERSON WHO EXPLAINED HOW TO DO IT

Thanks, this helped me so much

I just got a new external hard drive, and couldn’t figure out how to download files to it. This video was so useful

Thank you so much I spent hours trying to find out how to do this

Spent 2 hours trying to figure out how to get it to show up, this guys a legend

thank you so much this was so helpful :)

This really helped I just got a 1tb flash drive to carry more games and tried to download some stuff but it wouldn’t worked until you showed me

thank you this helped a bunch

I’m new to all of this . I have two seagate hard drives and this video really helped me out .. thanks man

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This actually help thank you so much bc i was so confused im not using segate and this was still helpful im gonna follow and like bc i was like so confused then i found him

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I’m a noob with tech and other vids arnt informational enough but you do it all thanks for the help

Best video ever omg 🙌🏻 thank you so mush

thanks for being awesome Seagate

This video helped a lot thanks

Thank you for this makes things easy

Very helpful, thanks

Thanks for making this video explaining the process. I just got an Alienware x17 and wanted to just keep 1 main game on the laptop itself and the rest, like Doom on an external ssd. Thanks again dude.

This video was really helpful, I think I have either a different SSD or the steam updated it's display, either way your video was very helpful!!!!!!!

Could you keep all your games and download programs apps on a cuda and factory reset your computer often to keep it running fresh

Well explained, i was thinking which external Solid hard drive to buy. Please recommend me. Much appreciate.

Question. So does that mean you can free up space on your hard drive and delete mods and files from games after putting them on the external?

that was so helpful, thank you!

Thank you!!

Thanks man, really nice job, very clear and well done. Keep up the great work. God Bless

Thank you buddy 😊

Hello, could you please give me some advice for the following: I have 2 desktop PC's, one is bigger case and the other a more compact one. The big one has windows 7 while the smaller one has windows 10. The big one has a hdd storage while the smaller one has ssd. So, I'm trying to replace the bigger ones motherboard with the smaller ones more upgraded motherboard with the ssd (with windows 10), but still keep the hdd (with windows 7 still installed) and connect it to the motherboard as a secondary storage. Is this possible? Other Questions: 1. Do I have to wipe the bigger ones hdd to prevent any issues with the pc booting from the wrong drive? 2. Should I also swap the power supply? 3. The bigger one has a dvd/blue ray disc drive, the smaller one doesn't (person I bought it from said he took it out for better performance), can I connect the drive to the replaced motherboard without any issues? 4. Since I'm using the same ssd that was originally connected to the smaller ones motherboard, I wouldn't need to reinstall windows 10 right? 5. Any other factors I should consider to prevent any issues? Any help would be greatly appreciated.

thank you very helpful video just liked

thanks for the tutorial it's a lot easier to do now on steam as they have added a storage manager to help you add devices

THANK YOU

Thank you very much for made this video

very useful thanks for the tips :D

thanks! i recently got an external hard drive because me dis space is being dum, and this helps alot!

Helped Me Fr Thanks Alot

THANK YOU! I was told that I was screwed because I have a gamer laptop…. (Yeah I know don’t have to tell me) but this helped so much!

very good video!

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Sitting here for hrs stuck thanks for the video

Thanks mate👊🏻

This video is a little bit outdated, so if you’re on steam, go to storage not downloads.

Thank you so much

This video huge help

With this method, does the entire game including mods, saved files and data transfer over to the external ssd?

Is it possible to have an external be always on so there's no lag etc if the drive needs to boot up so overall performance stays fast without having to convert it to and internal drive?

Do you have to format your external SSD to NTFS before? Or will exFAT work just fine? I have a Sandisk Extreme external SSD

Thankyou so much

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Thank you!

if i have a 500gb ssd and i plug up a 2 tb external do my load speeds slow down?

Thank you 🙏 very helpful

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My god man you are a lifesaver my pc has the WORST storage I only got tf2 and Minecraft and my disc is full so I put everything on the 3 terabyte drive and it is working like magic

This video is literally perfect! So beginner-friendly

Thank you dude

Not sure if it worked yet but if it has ur a legend

thank you so much!

Hello there! I just got a sea gate external hard drive as a christmas present and ty so much for this vid! But now i really need to know how to download it from Epic games launcher! Thank you.

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simple and functional

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Ok this video helps. I got an Acer nitro 5 and am finally able to play more recent games on it. It runs great but has small space. I've been trying to figure out if I could get a hard drive to place my games there and how I could transfer them. Would a regular 2TB external hard drive work well with my laptop? Some feedback would be very helpful.

Thanks dude

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Atta boy! Got me a straight up answer, thank you!

thank you i've been looking for a video that not only explains it but what are some good ssd

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Amazing tutorial! Wanted to add more storage without messing with the inside of my pc, thanks so much!!!! P.S steam automatically found the Seagate and added another folder for me with a simple click :)

thanks this actually helped though you could add that if it doesn't show as default you can change then when downloading a game

thank you that saved me

Thanks:D

Cheers man